The Historic Preservation movement in Highland Park can be traced back to the early 1980s. During the real estate boom of the 1980s residents of Highland Park became concerned that older, historic homes were being torn down and replaced with apartment complexes at an alarming rate.
In 1982, a group of residents formed the Highland Park Heritage Trust. The first success came with nominating the original Northeast Police Station as a Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument and saving it from demolition.
This success was followed by four more Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument nominations: The Southwest Museum, the Ebell Clubhouse, the Masonic Temple and the Yoakum House. Since 1983, HPHT has successfully nominated over 50 Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
On June 7, 1994, the City of Los Angeles of Los Angeles established the Highland Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, the seventh HPOZ to be established in the city, and one of the largest, covering over 2,500 structures. Highland Park was the first HPOZ in Los Angeles to include commercial buildings.
Highland Park is now an area that takes great pride in its heritage, and supports the historic preservation of its remarkable and eclectic architecture encompassing nearly every style popular from the 1880s through the 1960s.
This link will take you to Highland Park Heritage Trust
This link will take you to L A Conservancy
This link will take you to the City Office of Historic Resources
This link will take you to Big Orange Landmarks (Great photos of designated historic monuments here!)
Hi Cheryl ~ Good to hear that LA and Highlnad Park is making strides in historic preservation. And I love the photo - civic buildings used to be such things of beauty - rare in these times.
Liz